6 Popular Used Chevrolet Hybrids Ranked By MPG – Jalopnik

If we solely centered on new Chevy hybrids, this may be a really brief article. The Bowtie model at the moment sells just one hybrid car within the United States: the Corvette. However, it’s obtainable in two completely different variants — each mixing V8 muscle with electrified hybrid torque. The extra fuel-efficient of the 2 trims is the 2027 Chevrolet Corvette Grand Sport X that the EPA lists at 15 mpg metropolis/24 mpg freeway/18 mpg mixed, whereas the model’s hybrid range-topper is the Corvette ZR1X, a tech powerhouse rated at 12 mpg metropolis/19 mpg freeway/14 mpg mixed. Of course, since these hybrid ‘Vettes characteristic 721 and 1,250 horsepower, respectively, their homeowners are unlikely to care.

Chevy hasn’t been all that invested in hybrids previously, both. In reality, with the model solely ever promoting six nameplates with hybrid energy within the U.S., we have room to the touch on all of them in the present day — introduced from least to most fuel-efficient. We primarily based our rankings on the very best particular person EPA grade, whether or not it is metropolis, freeway, or mixed, for the Chevrolet Silverado, Chevrolet Tahoe, Chevrolet Corvette, Chevrolet Impala, Chevrolet Malibu, and Chevrolet Bolt. In circumstances the place autos have had two completely different hybrid methods, we picked the one with the very best fuel-economy rankings.

It’s historical past time! General Motors first received into the hybrid recreation with the 2004 Chevrolet Silverado, however the truck was what we might now name a light hybrid. This means little or no of the Silverado’s 42-volt battery system went to truly driving the car. The setup was primarily for operating equipment with the engine off throughout sure conditions — and for powering the truck’s 4 110-volt retailers for instruments and whatnot. In the tip, the rear-wheel-drive fashions with the 5.3-liter V8 scored 17 mpg mixed with the hybrid system and 16 mpg with out, whereas the outcomes for the 4X4 mannequin in contrast at a 16 mpg versus 15 mpg mixed. Notably, the hybrid system improved the 4WD Silverado’s EPA scores by 15% within the metropolis.

Chevy dropped the Silverado hybrid after the 2007 mannequin yr, ultimately reviving the truck for 2009 by means of 2013 with a brand new, two-mode hybrid system initially developed in live performance with BMW and Chrysler. Without getting too deep into the small print, the setup built-in two electrical motors with the transmission to permit two separate help profiles relying on how briskly the truck was going. The system might be comparatively efficient, too. Now counting on a 6.0-liter mill, the two-mode Silverado got here in at 21 mpg within the metropolis, 22 on the freeway, and 21 mixed in RWD and 20 mpg in all classes in 4WD. That’s a 40% enchancment over town numbers in probably the most environment friendly gas-only truck — which carries the 5.3-liter V8.

Unsurprisingly, most of the numbers for the Silverado two-mode hybrid switch over to its Chevrolet Tahoe platform-mate. The 2008-2013 Tahoe hybrid has the identical two-mode expertise, the identical engine, and the identical EPA rankings because the 2009 Silverado. And sure, as you may inform by these dates, the Tahoe was truly first to the market.

Chevrolet’s full-size body-on-frame SUVs did diverge from the model’s hybrid technique in different methods. For occasion, Chevy by no means tried out its mild-hybrid setup on the Tahoe or its extended-length variant, the Suburban. The Suburban wasn’t configured with the two-mode setup both.  GM did, nevertheless, observe its ordinary template with its Professional Grade division. The GMC Sierra had gentle and two-mode hybrid methods in parallel with the Silverado, and the Yukon matched the Tahoe with a two-mode hybrid. The Yukon XL, just like the Suburban, missed out on any hybrid assist throughout this time.

While these 2026 ZR1X fashions we talked about initially are contemporary additions to Chevy’s lineup, it is already doable to search out them on the used-car market. For instance, a low-mileage instance, boasting the Carbon Fiber Pack and ZTK Performance Track Pack, went for $365,000 on Bring a Trailer in March of 2026. However, you will have much more luck discovering a used 2024-2026 Chevrolet Corvette E-Ray. The first editions of the very first electrified Corvette are actually three mannequin years outdated. Moreover, these present a good quantity of depreciation, making them that rather more interesting. 

From an unique value of about $106,595 for the coupe — and $113,595 for the drop-top — the vehicles have depreciated to a mean honest buy value of $83,500and $88,700, respectively, based on A-Z Eventz. For that sum, you may get a machine that each scores 16 mpg metropolis, 25 mpg freeway, and 19 mixed with EPA and was the quickest manufacturing Corvette ever when it launched in 2024. Backed by a claimed 655 horsepower and a repute for being far more highly effective than marketed, the E-Ray races to 60 mph in 2.5 seconds. As an FYI, the quickest present ‘Vette, the ZR1X, has lowered that 0-60 benchmark to 1.8 seconds, based on Car and Driver’s testing

A one-year surprise, the 2014 Chevrolet Impala additionally welcomed GM’s mild-hybrid tech, which supplied a noticeable enhance to the Impala’s gasoline economic system. The sedan went from 21 mpg metropolis/31 mpg freeway/24 mpg mixed to 24/35/28 with the EPA. For a bit context, the 2014 Toyota Avalon hybrid posted EPA rankings of 40/39/40, and probably the most environment friendly Ford Taurus of 2014, with a turbocharged four-cylinder engine, achieved 22/32/26.

Used-car buyers ought to additional bear in mind one other essential benefit for the Impala. While readers have begun asking automakers to construct extra sedans, the Impala is already extra sedan than most mass-market passenger vehicles on the highway in the present day. After all, this can be a full-size mannequin that represents a big step up in cabin dimension from the Malibu, providing you with and your passengers extra room to unfold out. The Impala serves up a prolonged 45.8 inches of entrance legroom complemented by 39.8 inches within the rear. To prime all of it off, if we set the Jalopnik Wayback Machine to April 25, 2013, it appears like we thought the 2014 Impala was truly a reasonably rattling good automobile when new, too.

True, the Chevrolet Malibu died in 2024, however not earlier than promoting a pair of hybrid variations, in two distinct manufacturing runs. The first lasted from 2008 to 2010. These had been form of just like the Corvettes, in that the hybrid system did not do a lot for the Malibu’s fuel-economy rankings. According to the EPA, the 2008 hybrid earned grades of 24 mpg metropolis/32 mpg freeway/27 mpg mixed. The most effective non-hybrid Malibu of 2008 has almost the identical EPA ranking at 22/32/25. Both of those fall in need of the 2010 Ford Fusion Hybrid, which had its gasoline economic system listed at 41/36/39.

The Malibu Hybrid sat out from 2011 to 2015, though Chevy did promote the Malibu Eco, with a mild-hybrid system, primarily in 2013. It was sufficient to spice up the automobile’s EPA rating to 25/36/29, however its rankings ended up being the identical as the usual 2014 Malibu’s. The full hybrid returned to the lineup for the years 2016 to 2020, through the nameplate’s ninth technology, with EPA grades of 47/46/46, besting each the Fusion Hybrid (43/39/41) and Toyota Camry Hybrid (42/38/40) when it debuted.

The Chevrolet Volt plug-in hybrid was far forward of its time when it first went on sale on the tail finish of 2010. In reality, it beat the 2012 Toyota Prius plug-in to the U.S. market by greater than a yr. The Volt’s key magic trick was that, at decrease speeds, its 1.4-liter inline-4 gasoline engine did not energy the wheels — it solely acted as a generator for the Volt’s electrical motor. The final result was that the Volt had a far longer all-electric vary than the Prius, because it may go for an EPA-certified 35 miles on a full cost, whereas the Prius was restricted to 11 miles on the time. That mentioned, the Toyota was extra environment friendly, each in EV mode and when utilizing gasoline. It noticed an EPA rating of 95 MPGe mixed versus the Volt’s 93 MPGe. Relying on gasoline, the Prius was good for a ranking of fifty mpg mixed that topped the Volt’s 37 mpg by 26%.

Those grades had been only for the first-gen Volt, although. Chevy redesigned the automobile for a second run, between 2016 and 2019 mannequin years. These second-gen Volts raised the effectivity bar even additional with an enhanced powertrain that supplied as much as 53 miles of all-electric driving at 106 MPGe mixed, or 42 mpg.